Research news and events
Latest press releases
20 January 2012
- Protecting the world's only poisonous primate
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In a captivating and emotional hour-long BBC2 documentary airing next week (8pm, Wednesday 25 January), Oxford Brookes’ Dr Anna Nekaris explains why this fascinating species faces a threat to its very existence due to the illegal pet-trade.
18 January 2012
- International award for bringing biology to wider audience
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Oxford Brookes’ Dr Anne Osterrieder has been awarded the Society for Experimental Biology’s (SEB) prestigious President’s Medal in recognition for her work in increasing public understanding of biology.
06 January 2012
- Preventing drug use - what works?
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A paper, co-authored by Oxford Brookes Professor Dr David Foxcroft, on evidence for effective drug interventions has today been published by The Lancet.
05 January 2012
- Professor Diana Woodhouse awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours
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Professor Diana Woodhouse, formerly Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer at Oxford Brookes, has been awarded an OBE for services to Legal Scholarship and Higher Education in the New Year’s Honours list.
14 December 2011
- £1m grant awarded for the effects of alcohol education on children
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Alcohol misuse by young people in the UK is amongst the highest in Europe. Despite some signs that overall levels are falling, the amount of alcohol consumed by those who drink remains high.
07 October 2011
- Bamboo bike project team interviewed by the BBC
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Dr James Broughton tells the BBC why he decided to make a bike out of bamboo.
23 September 2011
- Bamboo Frame Mountain Bike Launched
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A partnership between Oxford Brookes University and UK based RAW Bamboo Bikes has seen the launch of a mountain bike frame built from bamboo tubing.
12 September 2011
- BBC focus on Brookes' Good Behaviour Game pilot
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The BBC has produced a report on a new classroom game which aims to promote good behaviour and is being piloted in Oxfordshire primary schools with the help of Oxford Brookes.
05 September 2011
- First course on shelter after disaster launched by Brookes
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The first UK, university-accredited course in Shelter After Disaster is to be introduced by Oxford Brookes University in January 2012. This new Postgraduate Certificate is in response to demand for trained practitioners, and a lack of formal training, in the field of emergency shelter.
22 August 2011
- Four-year-olds distinguish knowledgeable from accurate informants
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As they grow, children learn a lot about the world from what other people tell them. Along the way, they have to figure out who is a reliable source of information.
05 August 2011
- Bamboo mountain bike tested in Alpine race
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29 June 2011
- Oxford School of Hospitality Management launches at The Savoy
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Oxford Brookes’ Department of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Management has re-launched as the Oxford School of Hospitality Management at an event at The Savoy hotel in London.
09 June 2011
- Enhancement of scene understanding using computer vision wins Google Research Award
- Enhancement of scene understanding using computer vision wins Google Research Award
05 May 2011
- Excavations challenge views on pre-historic society
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A team of British archaeologists, including Dr Sam Smith of Oxford Brookes University, has made important discoveries about some of the earliest buildings created by man.
08 April 2011
- Oxford Brookes University and architectural practice Architype win award
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Oxford Brookes University and architectural practice Architype have won the 2011 'Cut the Carbon' Building magazine award.